NEW YORK
New York Daily News
BY OREN YANIV / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
PUBLISHED: TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2013
The Brooklyn District Attorney seemed intent to kick the can of a problematic extortion case in the Hasidic community down the road Tuesday as possible new evidence and allegations of prosecutors’ infighting added to the legal mess.
A new prosecutor assigned to the case against Samuel Kellner — after two assistant district attorneys that had handled it were demoted Friday — tried to push it back to January, days after lame duck DA Charles (Joe) Hynes leaves office.
The new ADA, John Holmes, said his office is not ready for trial and that he has no information about the status of the case, which has been dragging since April 2011.
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